Detection of a Noble Gas Molecular Ion, 36ArH+, in the Crab Nebula

M. J. Barlow; B. M. Swinyard; P. J. Owen; J. Cernicharo; H. L. Gomez; R. J. Ivison; O. Krause; T. L. Lim; M. Matsuura; S. Miller; G. Olofsson; E. T. Polehampton

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Detection of a Noble Gas Molecular Ion, ³⁶ArH⁺, in the Crab Nebula

M. J. Barlow¹,*,
B. M. Swinyard¹,²,
P. J. Owen¹,
J. Cernicharo³,
H. L. Gomez⁴,
R. J. Ivison⁵,
O. Krause⁶,
T. L. Lim²,
M. Matsuura¹,
S. Miller¹,
G. Olofsson⁷,
E. T. Polehampton²,⁸

¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
²Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.
³Laboratory of Molecular Astrophysics, Department of Astrophysics, Centro de Astrobiologia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnicas Aeroespaciales–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ctra de Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
⁴School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK.
⁵UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK.
⁶Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
⁷Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Roslagstulsbacken 21, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
⁸Institute for Space Imaging Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: mjb{at}star.ucl.ac.uk

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Science 13 Dec 2013:
Vol. 342, Issue 6164, pp. 1343-1345
DOI: 10.1126/science.1243582

M. J. Barlow

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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For correspondence: mjb@star.ucl.ac.uk

B. M. Swinyard

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

2Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.

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P. J. Owen

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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J. Cernicharo

3Laboratory of Molecular Astrophysics, Department of Astrophysics, Centro de Astrobiologia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnicas Aeroespaciales–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ctra de Ajalvir, km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.

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H. L. Gomez

4School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK.

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R. J. Ivison

5UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK.

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O. Krause

6Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

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T. L. Lim

2Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.

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M. Matsuura

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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S. Miller

1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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G. Olofsson

7Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, Roslagstulsbacken 21, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.

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E. T. Polehampton

2Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.

8Institute for Space Imaging Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada.

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